Teaching assistant £20,000 pay update as Department for Education gives new statement

Support surges as official give pledge over 'new minimums'04:57, 30 Jul 2026Teaching assistants deserve new pay mimimums due to the challenges of the job, a petition said(Image: Getty)The Department for Education has given a response to calls for more than 300,000 teaching assistants to be gicen a pay rise to £20,000. A petition on the Parliament wesbite has soared to more than 26,000 signatures - and now the Department for Education has given a response and explained it is looking at setting ‘new minimums’ for school support staff.‌The campaign calls for reform, saying they are having to deal with far greater challenges and display much improved skills, not least because of the rise in number of children with Special Educational Needs. The number of children with special educational needs